What is CVE-2022-38778?

CVE-2022-38778 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Decode-Uri-Component Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-02-08.

How severe is CVE-2022-38778?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in Decode-Uri-Component Project

CVE-2022-38778

A flaw (CVE-2022-38900) was discovered in one of Kibana’s third party dependencies, that could allow an authenticated user to perform a request that crashes the Kibana server process.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

EPSS: 0.009 (55.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Decode-uri-component_project Decode-uri-component
Elastic Kibana — versions Versions 7.0.0 through 7.17.8 and 8.0.0 through 8.6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

security@elastic.co (Vendor Advisory)
security@elastic.co (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-38778?: CVE-2022-38778 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Decode-Uri-Component Project, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2023-02-08.
How severe is CVE-2022-38778?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.